Garnishing-tool.



1. cpEoBsTER; GARNISHING TOOL.

` vF'PLICATICON FlLED DEC. 9* 1916.

Patented May 21,19%.

INVENTOR v JOHN C. IEOBSTER, 01E' PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVJI. y

GNISHING-TOL To all whom t may concern:

.Be it known .that l JOHN C. FoRs'rER, a citizen of the United States,and resident of Pittsburgh, in the county. of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful improvements inGarnishin'g-Tools, of which the following is a Speci- L ication.

The object of this invention is to provide a household tool .of improvedconstruction for cutting vegetables, fruits, etc., in fluted slices, theinvention having particular reference to the arrangement of the handlewith reference to the blade for strengthening the latter and' at thesame time so located as to lnot obstruct the view of the tool necessaryfor directing its slicing strokes.

ln the accompanying drawings Figure 1 clined with relation to its topedgeto produce a shearing effect and thereby facilitate the slicingoperation.

The handle consists of two shank-like por tions 5 and 6, each formedwith an angularly bent. extremity -7 and these extremities are embracedby' or secured in the end flutes or corrugations 3f of the blade. Shankportions 5 and 6 project horizontally` from one` side of the blade, withortion 'extended across and above the bla e and parallel with its topledge as indicated at 5 in order to reach the distant portion of theAblade to which it is secured. The elongated shank 5 and the relativelyshort shank 6 `merge into the grip forming loop 8in the construction y.handle also being provided with an an Amember lying within the innerflu'teo Specication of Letters Patent. Patented May 2li., fllll.Application led December 9, 1918. Serial No. 135,983. i

shown in Fig.- 1,-the handle elements thus being formed of a singlepieceof stout wire. With portion 5 above and paralleling the top edge oftheblade, the latter is materially strengthened or stiffened throughout itshorizontal dimension, and at .the same time the handle or-grip islocated at one side of the blade and out of the way of the slicingoperation and also out of the line of vision in directing the bladethrough the article beingsliced. Y

In the construction shown in Fig. 3, a

.wooden handle-grip 9 of conventional form is substituted for grip 8,and when this form of handle is employed the shank portions 5 and 6 aresimply projected thereinto a distance suflicient to obtain-the requisitehold.

l claim:

l. A slicing knife consisting of an ap proximately straight thin sheetmetal. blade transversely iuted from end to end with the flutesextending from one to the other, and a handle projecting in' line withsaid blade and beyond an upper corner thereof and provided with astiffenin meni- -ber extending the entire'length of sai blade and at itsouter end bent so as to lie within the cxtreme outer flute ofsaid blade,szid ar said blade.

2. A slicing knife consisting of a sheet metal blade transverselycorrugated to form a longitudinally luted cutting edge, and a handleprojecting in line with said blade beyond an upper corner thecorrugations of the blade; said handle being provided with' bladesecuring portions standing at right angles to the ma]or axis of thehandle and secured within theextreme outer corrugatiqns of the blade.

In testimony whereof I ax my signature in presence of `two witnesses.

f L JOHN C. FORSTER.

Witnesses-c l J. M. Nnsrr, ALEX. S. BON.

thereof and at right angles to.

longitudinal 'edge i

